Roots Quotes · Page 22

Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the interests hatreds.

— Antoine Rivarol

The root of creativity is found in the need to repair the good object destroyed during the depressive phase.

— Melanie Klein

After the fact, our hearts always go out to the fallen Goliaths. Yet we invariably root for their Davids. Until they're winners.

— Malcolm Forbes

Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase is fruits of innocence and blessedness.

— William C. Bryant

I spent many years of my childhood in Wyoming County and my roots are deep there.

— Jim Justice

Genuine philosophical problems are always rooted outside philosophy and they die if these roots decay.

— Karl Popper

My roots are in stand-up, and stand-up is very freeing. There's no script involved; you just fly.

— Harland Williams

It cannot be when the root is neglected that what springs from it will be well ordered.

— Confucius

From his roots as a slave, the American Negro - sometimes sorrowing, sometimes jubilant but always hopeful - has touched, illuminated, and…

— Alvin Ailey

I owe a tremendous amount of gratitude to the LGBTQ community for embracing me so tightly and pushing not only my music,…

— Doechii

You know, sometimes I feel well and vital in the world, and sometimes I just feel so distressed I want to pull…

— Sharon Stone

“The roots were really strong. So no matter what happens to the outside, it can still thrive. If the really important parts…

— E. Lee

Earth was not built for six billion people all running around and being passionate about things. The world was built for about…

— Douglas Coupland

I am all kinds of a democrat, so far as I can discover but the root of the whole business is this,…

— Woodrow Wilson

The root of democracy is in mass education. This foundation becomes stronger, when the citizens of tomorrow, our children are also educated…

— Narendra Modi

What I think I'll do is I'll do my best to yank Debbie out of me by the roots. And then I'll…

— Charlaine Harris

When I look at what I'm doing today, I see [the] roots in my college life. I was the online editor of…

— Baratunde Thurston

Money destroys human roots wherever it is able to penetrate, by turning desire for gain into the sole motive. It easily manages…

— Simone Weil

Your anxiety is your baby. You have to take care of it. You have to go back to yourself, recognize the suffering…

— Nhat Hanh

Weakness for wealth and for collecting and owning things of different kinds; the urge for physical (sensuous) enjoyment; the longing for honour,…

— Tito Colliander

Many people genuinely do not wish to be saints, and it is probable that some who achieve or aspire to sainthood have…

— George Orwell

However destructive may be the policies of the government and the methods and products of the corporations, the root of the problem…

— Wendell Berry

Off pitch, I keep things simple. I enjoy spending time with my family. I never forget my roots and regularly give back…

— Yaya Toure

The only form of revolution beneficial to the people is one which destroys the entire state to the roots and exterminates all…

— Sergey Nechayev

Darkness, air, water, and sky will come together... and shake the forest to its roots.

— Erin Hunter

The person who said money is the root of all evil just flat out didn't have any.

— Stuart Wilde

Hockey is my favorite because I'm from Michigan. I used to figure-skate and root for the Red Wings.

— Jana Kramer

“Compromise is low class. I don't have anything against the poor, but being low class is the root of all evil”

— Novala Takemoto

Faith is a principle which hath its root deeper than feelings. We believe, whether we see or not. We believe, whether we…

— Charles Spurgeon

To coach" comes from the root meaning "to bring a person from where they are to where they want to be.

— David Cottrell

The resistance to the unpleasant situation is the root of suffering.

— Ram Dass

I have never hid my spiritual roots. They just weren't something that came under the spotlight.

— Amar'e Stoudemire

The stronger the winds, the deeper the roots, and the longer the winds, the more beautiful the tree.

— Charles R. Swindoll

Man cannot persist long in a conscious state, he must throw himself back into the unconscious, for his root lives there.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The roots of the Divine are entrenched in this body. If you nurture the roots, how can you avoid the flowering?

— Jaggi Vasudev

The roots and herbes beaten and put into new ale or beer and daily drunk, cleareth, strengtheneth and quickeneth the sight of…

— Nicholas Culpeper

The first thing I feel like we have the potential to do is to deliver to consumers more roots to their home.

— Michael K. Powell

Wear a crown of flowers on your head, let its roots reach your heart

— Kabir

People like to see human error when it’s honest. When people see you swing and miss, they start to root for you.

— Paul Westerberg

The ego is like the root of a banyan tree, you think you have removed it all then one fine morning you…

— Ramakrishna